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In that case I humbly apologise. Please forgive me. I obviously misunderstood your words: "Jesus has already pointed out the way they need to be redeemed. All they need to do is pay taxes to Caesar, and then live together as a unified entity in a "communist" society in an orderly manner." as...

I don't think I was being paranoid, nor was my main point to do with the use of the word "communism". The point I was making was to answer your statement that all the Jews had to do to be redeemed was to pay taxes to Caesar and have all things in common. I was pointing out that Jesus was...

Surely Jesus was not telling His hearers (or us) that they could be redeemed by paying taxes to Caesar and living in a communist society. He was specifically answering a question posed to Him by the Pharisees: (Mat 22:17) "Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to...

Yes, I agree. It seems we agree that if the original Greek or Hebrew word included both men and women, then it is quite correct to translate it into English using a gender-neutral English word, such as "mankind" or "person", but if the original word in Greek or Hebrew was gender-specific, then...

The verse where Paul says that Christ is the head of man, and man is the head of the woman, uses the Greek word "aner" for man, and that means "male human being.": (1Co 11:3) But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of...

I agree that changing, rather than translating, the meanings of the Greek and Hebrew words is wrong, but surely that happened in some less faithful translations before 2020-2021. Regarding gender neutrality, I would say that the only places where it should be permitted are where the Hebrew or...

So perhaps it might be better, instead of saying, "The new bibles...." to say, "Many new bibles....". After all, I quoted 3 that don't omit "blood", and your list adds a fourth, the WEB.

Definitely! Remember that "Christ" is the Greek translation of the Hebrew "Messiah." At His trial before the high priest, we have this interchange between Jesus and the high priest: (Mar 14:61) But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, "Are You...

But surely the New Testament refers to Christians, not a nation (either the Jewish nation or any other) being kings and priests: (Rev 1:4) John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are...

Surely what is important is what the original Greek word means. I don't know Greek, but looking at the word translated "being made" or "having become" in Strong's Concordance, I found this: G1096 γίνομαι ginomai ghin'-om-ahee A prolonged and middle form of a primary verb; to cause to be...

"The new bibles" is too general a phrase. Not all newer translations say "Isaiah the prophet." For instance, the New King James Versions says: (Mar 1:2) As it is written in the Prophets: "BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER BEFORE YOUR FACE, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY BEFORE YOU." The Modern King...

That's a sweeping generalisation. Not all modern bible translations omit any reference to His blood in Colossians 1:14. For example, the New King James Version has: (Col 1:14) in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. The Modern King James Version has: (Col...

Yes, in English, the NKJV and the ESV have "calamity."

God didn't create evil in the sense of sin. I might be wrong, but I imagine you have in mind this verse: (Isa 45:7) I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. The word translated "evil" there in the KJV means calamity. Strong's...

Thanks for replying. Let me answer the question you asked in giant letters first. Yes, of course the evidence of God's word is sufficient for me. However, the evidence I was asking you for was evidence that the photo was faked, and that it was from Hollywood and Stanley Kubrick. As God's...

Do you have any evidence for saying that it's a faked photo from Hollywood and Stanley Kubrick? (Kubrick died in 1999 anyway.)

But the NIV is not the only translation more modern than the KJV. Not all such versions translate Mark 1:41 like the NIV does. For example, the NKJV says: (Mar 1:41) Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed." The...

Yes, and the really tricky thing is when the word or phrase is still used in today's English, but with a totally different meaning. Nobody would know that they needed to look the meaning up - they'd just assume the current meaning. Examples are: "prevent" (meant "go before." Now means "stop...

But we don't read in the bible that there should only be one God, but that there is only one God: Isa_45:5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me, Yes, down through the ages, people have believed in other gods, like a...

I agree. I know that we can look up unknown words in a concordance to discover their meaning, but the difficulty comes with words and phrases that are still in use now, but with completely different meanings to what they have in the KJV. Here are just a few examples; after each one, I have...